Show honeymoons the comical Adieu lure of a bach dor at an english watering place As a pastime the honeymoon is just now basking in popular favor all round our coasts from john 0 groats to lands end there is scarcely a seaside hotel that cannot boast of a loving couple that has lately sworn to love honor and on each other to the end of time eastbourne East boune especially ally is replete with honeymooners and the number of brides and no wrong bride grooms and brides who are busy getting used to each other s ways at i that pleasant watering place is so great that ordinary visitors run grievous risks of getting mixed with the throng the other day the coffee room of the burlington furnished an example of the for extreme caution ane part of unprotected bachelors at this time of year A gentleman of this persuasion sat down at one of the tables and ordered a substantial breakfast which he had half disposed of when he was conscious that a lady had seated herself opposite to him his natural modesty prevented his raising his eyes to stare at his visa vis a vis and he proceeded with his meal inwardly wondering why the lady did not call a waiter and order something for herself however it was no business of his so when ho had reached the toothpick stage of the proceedings he quietly rose from his chair and was m the act of laying his napkin on the table when ho was startled by the fair one attacking him with what have I 1 done that you treat mo so harry am I 1 to starve because you want to get up early and go and bathe and come bame sulky luckily for the bachelors mental and possibly corporeal security the real harry turned up before the lecture had got any further and took tho onus of any subsequent proceedings upon himself |